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Los Angeles 18 at Tampa Bay 13
1983 Week 7 - Monday, April 18, 1983
Los Angeles Express(3-3) at Tampa Bay Bandits(5-1)(-6)
Attendance: 32,223, TV: ESPN
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Vince Abbott kicked three first-half field goals and Los Angeles used a second-half fumble recovery to set up John Barnett's 1-yard touchdown run Monday night as the Los Angeles Express held on for an 18-13 United States Football League victory over the Tampa Bay Bandits.
Abbott's field goals of 35, 36 and 24 yards staked the Express to a 9-6 halftime lead and Barnett's score gave Los Angeles a 16-6 advantage with 12:31 remaining to play.
Reserve quarterback Jimmy Jordan brought the Bandits back, however, and the 4-3 Express needed a roughing-the-punter penalty to help quarterback Mike Rae exhaust the clock.
Jordan replaced John Reaves late in the fourth quarter after the Bandits' starter had thrown four interceptions and fumbled to set up Barnett's touchdown.
1 2 3 4 F
LA 3 6 0 9 - 18
TB 3 3 0 7 - 13
Scoring
TB: Andrusyshyn 40 yd field goal - TB 3, LA 0
LA: Abbott 35 yd field goal - LA 3, TB 3
TB: Andrusyshyn 29 yd field goal - TB 6, LA 3
LA: Abbott 36 yd field goal - LA 6, TB 6
LA: Abbott 24 yd field goal - LA 9, TB 6
LA: Barnett 1 yd run (Abbott kick) - LA 16, TB 6
TB: Buggs 23 yd pass from Jordan (Andrusyshyn kick) - LA 16, TB 13
LA: Safety, Jordan tackled in end zone - LA 18, TB 13
Box Score
LA TB
First Downs 16 17
Rushes-Yards 44-130 23-113
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 25-13-140-0 37-15-178-4
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-12 5-31
Total Plays-Yards 71-258 65-260
Fumbles-Lost 4-0 2-1
Penalties-Yards 13-135 10-75
Turnovers 0 5
Time of Possession 34:36 25:24
Attendance = 32,223
LOS ANGELES TAMPA BAY
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Rae 25 13 140 0 0 68.8 Reaves 27 7 81 4 0 0.0
Jordan 10 8 97 0 1 140.4
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Boddie 11 59 5.8 0 Platt 21 107 4.1 0
Barnett 19 55 7.7 1 Boone 1 6 6.0 0
Haslip 7 16 3.6 0 Buggs 1 0 0.0 0
Harrington 3 1 0.3 0
Durrette 1 0 0.0 0
Rae 3 -1 -1.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Ellis 6 65 10.8 0 Buggs 3 62 20.7 1
Boddie 2 20 10.0 0 Truvillion 3 50 16.7 0
Williams, K 1 18 18.0 0 Stephens 3 34 11.3 0
Haines 1 15 15.0 0 Gilbert 2 16 8.0 0
Haslip 1 9 9.0 0 Platt 4 16 4.0 0
Sherrod 1 9 9.0 0
Harrington 1 4 4.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Tolbert 4 89 22.3 0 Boone 1 26 15.7 0
Burleson 1 0 0.0 0 Platt 2 24 12.0 0
Bailey 1 13 13.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Tolbert 1 11 11.0 0 Bailey 3 14 4.7 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Abbott 3-3 36 1-1 10 Andrusyshyn 2-2 40 1-1 7
miss: none miss: none
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Partridge 9 319 35.4 Andrusyshyn 5 210 42.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Weaver 2 13 Hayes 1 8
Scoggins 1 9 Clark 1 4
Edwards 1 5
Fields, G 1 4
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Fox 3 24 8.0 0 None
Burleson 1 0 0.0 0
Archived news report
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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